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This black-and-white Castle Film newsreel created at the outset of WWII shows the changes in United States factories and personnel as the war effort ramped up. Most of the footage shown is from the pre-war period. America is shown as the "Arsenal of Democracy" producing men and materials for the war. Basic training and testing of military equipment is shown, along with construction of jeeps, tanks, ships, guns, planes, PT boats and other war material. The title page shows the Liberty Bell ringing in the background (0:18). The film begins with a naval cannon (0:30) and planes (0:31) being manufactured in a factory. Men weld and assemble tanks (0:54). A line of tanks drives across a field (1:02); a crowd watches as an aircraft carrier (1:12) and merchant ship pull out of port. Men stream into a Recruit Reception Center (1:25) and perform boxing hand-to-hand combat exercises. Men stab straw dummies with bayonets (1:40) and unfold a bridge to cross a river. They row across the river in rowboats (2:04) and ride horses. Men transport a tank across the river and fire howitzers (2:30). Tanks drive over rough terrain, demolishing trees and obstacles (3:03). Two men look through a scope in a trench (3:23); men fire howitzers and storm across a field. A soldier sets off explosives (3:43). A tank drives over a bridge (3:57). Soldiers drive scout cars through brush and over hills and rough terrain (4:08). A naval cannon is fired at the Panama Canal as a guard stands watch (4:37); the canal served as an important link and supply conduit between the Atlantic and Pacific. A fleet of planes flies overhead (4:42). Soldiers with American and Marine Corps flags (4:46) march while guarding the canal. Soldiers lead pack horses along a narrow path to transport supplies (4:53). A closeup of the barrel for a large artillery piece marked Watervliet Arsenal on the barrel (5:12) an arsenal in New York originally started in 1813 that produces army artillery and guns. Soldiers wheel anti-aircraft guns across a field and fire them (5:23). A pilot closes his cockpit canopy (5:49) and a fleet of bombers takes off in formation as the Marine Corps Hymn plays (6:09). Soldiers jump out of planes with parachutes (6:41) and land on the ground. Ships from the U.S. Navy’s Mosquito Torpedo Squadron race toward the New York coastline (7:44). The PT torpedo boats go by the Brooklyn Bridge (7:51) and Statue of Liberty (7:53). A fleet of U.S. Navy ships maneuvers while a formation of bombers flies overhead. A closeup of a 30-ton super bomber (8:37); a submarine surfaces (8:50). The film ends with soldiers marching, a call to “Uncle Sam’s manpower in industry,” and the American flag and U.S. Capitol (9:26).
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7 сен 2024
